Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief executive Dana White has said he will meet with Donald Trump after the US president offered him the job of White House press secretary.
Speaking at a new conference after a boxing event in London on Saturday, White said he would meet with Trump at the White House on Monday to discuss the presidentâÂÂs offer.
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âÂÂDana will be a Press Secretary like none other,â Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier on Saturday. âÂÂDana, please take the job!âÂÂ
âÂÂWe need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left,â Trump wrote.
The White House press secretary role has been vacant since Katie ZachariaâÂÂs tenure ended âÂÂlast â month after just five days.
Zacharia succeeded Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down from the role at the end of August.
White and Trump first worked together in the early 2000s, but they grew closer since â the UFC chief publicly backed TrumpâÂÂs presidential campaign in 2016.
In recent years, Trump has attended several UFC events, and in June, the White House hosted a night of UFC fights as â part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of US independence.
The White House press office already has a former UFC spokesperson among its ranks: Director of Communications â Steven Cheung, who worked for WhiteâÂÂs organisation from 2013 to 2016.
Cheung shared the presidentâÂÂs message on X and said, âÂÂHell yeah! Do it, @DanaWhite! ItâÂÂll just be like old times!âÂÂ